2023:
- 2023 Choice Outstanding Academic Titles, Effective Conservation by Ignacio Jiménez, Humanity's Moment by Joëlle Gergis, The Progress Illusion by Jon Erickson, and What a Bee Knows by Stephen Buchmann
- 2023 Finalist, Georgia Author of the Year, A Road Running Southward by Dan Chapman
- 2023 Nautilus Gold Award Winner, Getting to the Heart of Science Communication by Faith Kearns
- 2023 Nautilus Silver Award Winner, The Blue Revolution by Nicholas Sullivan
- 2023 Project Syndicate Sustainability Book Award Shortlist: The Progress Illusion by Jon Erickson
- The Southern Environmental Law Center's 2023 Phil Reed Environmental Writing Book Award Finalist: A Road Running Southward by Dan Chapman
- The Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities Book Award longlist: Arbitrary Lines by Nolan Gray
2022:
- 2022 Choice Outstanding Academic Titles, Bet the Farm by Beth Hoffman and Thicker Than Water by Erica Cirino
- 2022 Organizations and the Natural Environment (ONE) Book Award Winner, The Power of Existing Buildings by Robert Sroufe, Craig Stevenson, and Beth Eckenrode
- 2022 Nautilus Gold Award Winner, Category 06 - Ecology & Environment: Thicker Than Water by Erica Cirino
- 2022 EDRA Great Places Book Award Winner, Cities for Life by Jason Corburn
- 2022 Spirited Awards Top 10 Nominee for Best New Book on Drinks Culture, History, or Spirits, A Good Drink by Shanna Farrell
2021:
- 2021 ASLA Design Award Winner, Communication Category: Schools That Heal: Design with Mental Health in Mind by Claire Latané
2020:
- 2020 TWS Wildlife Publication Awards Committee Shortlist: Corridor Ecology, Second Edition by Jodi Hilty, Annika Keeley, William Lidicker, Jr., and Adina Merenlender
2019:
2018:
- 2018 Rachel Carson Book Award, Society of Environmental Journalists: Whitewash by Carey Gillam
- 2018 Outstanding Book of the Year: Most Likely to Save the Planet, Independent Publisher Book Awards: Whitewash by Carey Gillam
- 2018 Thorpe Menn Literary Excellence Award: Whitewash by Carey Gillam
2017:
- 2017 Independent Publisher Book Awards Environment/Ecology/Nature Gold Medal: Water is for Fighting Over by John Fleck
- Food Tank's 17 Reads for a Brighter Spring Reading List: Immersion by Abbie Gascho Landis and Natural Defense by Emily Monosson
- Food Tank's 17 Books for Winter 2017 Reading List: Biting the Hands that Feed Us by Baylen J. Linnekin and No One Eats Alone by Michael Carolan
- Planetizen's Top Planning Books for 2017: The Past and Future City by Stephanie Meeks & What Makes a Great City by Alexander Garvin
2016:
- Wired's Required Science Reading 2016: Water is for Fighting Over by John Fleck
- Green Biz's 6 Best Sustainability Books of 2016: Our Renewable Future by Richard Heinberg and David Fridley
- Curbed's 101 Books About Where and How We Live: Cities for People by Jan Gehl & Future of the Suburban City by Grady Gammage Jr.
- Matador Network's 10 Gifts That Support the World's Wildlife This Christmas: Immersion by Abbie Gascho Landis
- NYC Food Policy Center's 20 Essential Books for Food-Minded Urbanists: Public Produce by Darrin Nordahl
- Civil Eats' Our Favorite Food and Farm Books of 2016: Biting the Hands that Feed Us by Baylen J. Linnekin
- Place Makers' Recommended Reading: Transit Street Design Guide by NACTO & People Habitat by F. Kaid Benfield & Tactical Urbanism by Mike Lydon and Anthony Garcia & The Past and Future City by Stephanie Meeks & Urbanism Without Effort by Charles R. Wolfe
- The Dirt's Best Books of 2016: Wild By Design by Margie Ruddick
- Modern Magazine's Modern Magazine Gift Guide: Wild by Design by Margie Ruddick
- Sciencemag's Medicinal Chemistry Books 2016: Modern Poisons by Alan S. Kolok
- San Francisco Chronicle's 2016 Holiday Books Gift Guide: What Makes a Great City by Alexander Garvin
- The Week Magazine's Jane Alexander's 6 Favorite Books: Jaguar by Alan Rabinowitz
- Planetizen Top 10 Book for 2016: Tactical Urbanism by Mike Lydon
- The Santa Fe Reporter's Back to School Reading List for Adults: Water is for Fighting Over by John Fleck
- Austrian Ministry of Economics and Science's Best Scientific Book of the Year: Brilliant Green by Stefano Mancuso
- 2016 Roy Chapman Andrews Society Distinguished Exporer Award: Alan Rabinowitz
- 2016 Blue Planet Prize: Pavan Sukhdev
- 2016 Indianapolis Prize finalist: Alan Rabinowitz
- 2016 Indianapolis Prize finalist: Joel Berger
- 2016 Indianapolis Prize finalist: Gerardo Ceballos
- 2016 Associations of Pedestrian & Bicycle Professionals Lifetime Achievement Award: Barbara McCann
2015
- Sharon M. Pickett Award from the Association for Conflict Resolution: Lucy Moore
- 2015 Henry Hope Reed Award from the University of Notre Dame: Richard Jackson
- 2015 Blue Mind Award: Timothy Beatley
2014
- 2014 Outstanding Leadership in Green Building Award for Community Partnership: Island Press
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2014 Society of Environmental Journalist's Rachel Carson Environment Book Award: Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation by Dan Fagin (Island Press published the paperback in 2015)
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2014 Pulitzer Prize (General Nonfiction): Toms River by Dan Fagin (Island Press published the paperback in 2015)
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2014 National Academy of Science's Communication Award: Toms River by Dan Fagin (Island Press published the paperback in 2015)
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2014 Perkin Medal from the Society of Industrial Chemistry recipient: John C. Warner
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2014 Indianapolis Prize finalist: Joel Berger (watch a video here)
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2014 Indianapolis Prize finalist: Gerardo Ceballos (watch a video here)
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Best American Science and Nature Writing, Other Notable Science and Nature Writing: "The End and Beginning of the Arctic" by Ed Struzik
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National Academy of Sciences election: James A. Estes
2013
- Ecological Society of America's Sustainability Science Award: Seeds of Sustainability edited by Pamela Matson
- Green Book Festival Awards honorable mention(General Non-Fiction): River Notes by Wade Davis
- Green Book Festival Awards winner (Scientific): Cooler Smarter by The Union of Concerned Scientists
- Green Book Festival Awards runner-up (Animals): The Kingdom of Rarities by Eric Dinerstein
- Tyler Environmental Prize: Island Press board member Diana Wall
- Axiom Business Book Awards, Gold medal (Careers): Marketing for Scientists by Marc Kuchner
- New York Book Show design award: The Shape of Green by Lance Hosey
2012
- Nautilus Book Awards, Silver Winner: Marketing for Scientists by Marc Kuchner
2011
- EDRA Great Places Book Award: Cities for People byJan Gehl
- National Association of Real Estate Editors Bruss Silver Book Award: Sprawl Repair Manual by Galina Tachieva
- Benjamin Franklin Awards Finalist (Science): The Wolf’s Tooth by Cristina Eisenberg
2010
- Population Institute's 2010 Global Media Award: A Pivotal Moment: Population, Justice, & The Environmental Challenge by Laurie Mazur
- Heinz Awards: Daniel Sperling and Gretchen Daily
- The Society of Environmental Journalists' Rachel Carson Book Award, Second Place: Unquenchable: America's Water Crisis and What To Do About It by Robert Glennon
2008
- The Society of Environmental Journalists' Rachel Carson Environment Book Award: The Unnatural History of the Sea by Callum Roberts
- IPPY Awards Gold medal (Best Non-Fiction on Environment/Ecology/Nature): The Unnatural History of the Sea by Callum Roberts
- IPPY Awards Gold medal (Best Regional Non-Fiction, Mountain West Region): New Geographies of the American West by William R. Travis
2007
- Planetizen's Top 10 Books of 2007: Design Charrettes for Sustainable Communities by Patrick M. Condon and The Option of Urbanism: Investing in a New American Dream by Christopher B. Leinberger
2004
- Independent Publisher's Award (Health/Medicine/Nutrition), First Place: Six Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them by Mark Jerome Walters
- Benjamin Franklin Awards Finalist (Science/Environment): Six Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them by Mark Jerome Walters
- Benjamin Franklin Awards Finalist (Science/Environment): From Conquest to Conservation by Mike Dombeck, Chris Wood, and Jack Williams
- Best Book Award, International Association of Conflict Management: Making Sense of Intractable Environmental Conflicts by Roy Lewicki
2003
- ForeWord Book Award (Health), GOLD First Place: Six Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them by Mark Jerome Walters
2002
- National Outdoor Book Award, First Place (History/biography): Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism by Char Miller
- Connecticut Book Award (Biography): Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism by Char Miller
- Independent Publisher Book Awards Winner (Biography): Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism by Char Miller
2001
- Foreword Magazine Book of the Year (Biography), Gold Award 2001: Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism by Char Miller
- Foreword Magazine Book of the Year (Architecture), Gold Award 2001: The Regional City by Peter Calthorpe and William Fulton
- Foreword Magazine Book of the Year (Environment), Silver Award 2001: The New Agrarianism: Land, Culture, and the Community of Life by Eric Freyfogle
- Independent Publisher Book Awards Finalist (Science): Human Natures: Genes, Cultures, and the Human Prospect by Paul R. Ehrlich
2000
- Independent Publisher Book Awards (Travel Essay): The Heart of America: Our Landscape, Our Future by Tim Palmer
1999
- 1999 George Perkins Marsh Prize co-winner: Discovering the Unknown Landscape: A History of America's Wetlands by Ann Vileisis
1997
- Benjamin Franklin Awards (Science/Environment): The Forgotten Pollinators by Stephen Buchmann and Gary Nabhan
- Small Press Book Awards Finalist (Science/Ecology/Nature): Betrayal of Science and Reason: How Anti-Environmental Rhetoric Threatens Our Future by Paul Ehrlich and Anne Ehrlich
1995
- Benjamin Franklin Awards Finalist (Autobiography/Biography/Memoirs): Naturalist by E.O. Wilson